Uranium was a radioactive heavy metal[4] used to power facilities.[1] The decay of uranium, when occurring within a planet, heated the rock of the planet's crust.[3]
The planet Ruusan had significant deposits of uranium,[2] as did Sullust's moon, Sulon.[3] Moorjhone was home to uranium mines run by Rim Commercial Mining which supplied uranium to power plants from Coruscant to the Tingel Arm during the Clone Wars.[1] Han Solo once won a half-million credit uranium mine in a sabacc game. However, the accounts were so crooked that he was lucky to escape prosecution when the shareholders investigated the business.[5] At some point, he owned a two-million-credit uranium mine that he lost playing sabacc.[4]
Hoersch-Kessel ion engines, the most popular ion drive in the galaxy, could be converted to draw power from uranium and other heavy metals by breaking down the elements.[6] Starfighter fuel cells were comprised of refined radioactive metal mixes,[7] including plutonium and uranium.[8] The biology of an Exogorth contained a uranium-based metabolism.[9]
Behind the scenes[]
In The Star Wars Sourcebook, uranium is stated to be one of the best sources to power a Hoersch-Kessel ion drive.[4] When the information was reprinted in the second edition of the sourcebook, this information was updated to state that the Hoersch-Kessel ion drive could be converted to draw power from uranium and other heavy metals but was primarily powered by power cells and power generators.[6]
Appearances[]
- Star Wars: The Old Republic (Mentioned only)
- Maul: Lockdown
- Maul: Lockdown audiobook
- Darth Maul—Death Sentence 1 (Mentioned only)
- Dark Forces: Soldier for the Empire (First appearance)
- Rebel Dawn
- The Bounty Hunter (Mentioned only)
- Dark Forces: Jedi Knight
- Luke Skywalker and the Shadows of Mindor (Mentioned only)
Sources[]
- The Star Wars Sourcebook (First mentioned)
- Galaxy Guide 6: Tramp Freighters
- The Rebel Alliance Sourcebook
- The Star Wars Sourcebook, Second Edition
- Star Wars Trilogy Sourcebook, Special Edition
- Star Wars: The Visual Dictionary
- The Official Star Wars Fact File 7 (SAB1, Sabacc)
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Darth Maul—Death Sentence 1
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Dark Forces: Jedi Knight
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Dark Forces: Soldier for the Empire
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 The Star Wars Sourcebook
- ↑ Rebel Dawn
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 The Star Wars Sourcebook, Second Edition
- ↑ The Rebel Alliance Sourcebook, Second Edition
- ↑ The Rebel Alliance Sourcebook
- ↑ Star Wars: The Visual Dictionary
